DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@UsagiTsukino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>UsagiTsukino</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> and Green Groups Protest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>’s “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlligatorAlcatraz</span></a>” in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Everglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Everglades</span></a></p><p>Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCypressNationalPreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCypressNationalPreserve</span></a> had begun.</p><p>By Stephen Prager, June 30, 2025 </p><p>"Florida’s government has said the site will have no environmental impact. Last week, Uthmeier described the area as a barren swampland. He said the site 'presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don’t need to invest that much in the perimeter. People get out, there’s not much waiting for ’em other than alligators and pythons,' he said in the video. 'Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.'</p><p>"But local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> leaders have said that’s not true. Saturday’s protest was led by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> groups, who say that the site will destroy their sacred homelands. According to The Associated Press, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCypress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCypress</span></a> is home to 15 traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Miccosukee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Miccosukee</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seminole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seminole</span></a> villages, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites.</p><p>" 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the Miccosukee and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media last week.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a>, meanwhile, have disputed the state’s claims that the site will have no environmental impact. On Friday, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FriendsOfTheEverglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FriendsOfTheEverglades</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earthjustice</span></a> sued the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. They argued that the site was being constructed without any of the environmental reviews required by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct</span></a>.</p><p>" 'The site is more than 96% wetlands, surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve, and is habitat for the endangered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloridaPanther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FloridaPanther</span></a> and other iconic species. This scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Everglades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Everglades</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect,' said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.</p><p>"Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> used emergency powers to fast track the proposal, which the Center for Biological Diversity says has left no room for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicInput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInput</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalReview</span></a> required by federal law.</p><p>" 'This reckless attack on the Everglades — the lifeblood of Florida — risks polluting sensitive waters and turning more endangered Florida panthers into roadkill. It makes no sense to build what’s essentially a new development in the Everglades for any reason, but this reason is particularly despicable,' said Elise Bennett, Florida and Caribbean director and attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-and-green-groups-protest-ices-alligator-alcatraz-in-the-everglades/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/indigeno</span><span class="invisible">us-and-green-groups-protest-ices-alligator-alcatraz-in-the-everglades/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICESucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICESucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEKidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEKidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GatorGitmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GatorGitmo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeSantisSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantisSucks</span></a></p>
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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2232342/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2232342/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> California has an idea to counter Trump’s megabill: Roll back environmental laws <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AlexJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexJackson</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalPermitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalPermitting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalProtection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScottWiener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottWiener</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SenateBudgetCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SenateBudgetCommittee</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2199242/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2199242/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 50+ Environmental and Public Interest Groups Oppose CA Oil Refiner Bailout, Urge State to Stand Strong on Accountability, Says Consumer Watchdog <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CaliforniaEnergyCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaEnergyCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CostOfCrudeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfCrudeOil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrudeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrudeOil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrudeOilPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrudeOilPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Governor</span></a> Newsom <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilRefinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OilRefinery</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RobertRivas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertRivas</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirms</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> and now <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilSociety</span></a> groups are in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s sights for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/punitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punitive</span></a> action</p><p>By LISA MASCARO<br>Updated 12:04 AM EDT, April 18, 2025</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — "First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advocacy</span></a> groups that underpin U.S. civil society.</p><p>"Trump said Thursday that the administration is looking at the tax-exempt status not just of Harvard, but environmental groups and specifically the ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CREW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CREW</span></a>. It could be a devastating financial blow to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> organizations — and his perceived <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalFoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalFoes</span></a>.</p><p>"The president’s remarks, during an event at the White House, began to confirm what advocacy groups have been quietly warning: Trump’s campaign of retribution is coming next for them.</p><p>" 'It’s supposed to be a charitable organization,' Trump said about CREW, in particular. 'The only charity they had is going after Donald Trump. So we’re looking at that. We’re looking at a lot of things.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard-5e1e0ffacfa040ccdeaf4e43fb72b5fe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-tax-e</span><span class="invisible">xempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard-5e1e0ffacfa040ccdeaf4e43fb72b5fe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FightForTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightForTheFuture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendMotherEarth</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[It seems that today's vote was in favor of expanding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuniperRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniperRidge</span></a>] </p><p>Juniper Ridge Landfill is one step closer to expanding<br>Maine Public | By Kaitlyn Budion</p><p>Published September 20, 2024 at 1:22 PM EDT </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> groups are concerned about a draft decision from the Department of Environmental Protection that brings <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuniperRidgeLandfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniperRidgeLandfill</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldTown</span></a> one step closer to expanding.</p><p>"The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued a draft decision approving the expansion's public benefit determination, despite opposition from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotNation</span></a>, area residents and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a>.</p><p>"Opponents have brought up concerns about odors and contamination from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a>-filled sludge at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landfill</span></a>.</p><p>"Alexandra St. Pierre with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationLawFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationLawFoundation</span></a> said the group was disappointed by the draft approval and wants the department to give greater weight to comments from the public.</p><p>"'We're hoping that Maine DEP will stop making this unnecessary space for waste and make more space for people's voices and the real needs of the community,' she said.</p><p>"In the draft, the department outlines several conditions of the approval, including conducting an odor study and installing a system for treating landfill leachate for PFAS.</p><p>"Dana Colihan with the environmental nonprofit Slingshot said it's insulting for the DEP to say the expansion is consistent with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> for the surrounding community.</p><p>'"When we think about the odors, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotRiver</span></a> from the minimally treated leachate, and how all these factors threaten the Penobscot Nation and working-class <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mainers</span></a> living and the surrounding communities, I can't fathom how the state can argue that this fulfills the required environmental justice criteria,' Colihan said.</p><p>"The draft is available for public comment until Friday, Sept. 27, and the DEP is expected to publish the final decision Wednesday, Oct. 2."</p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2024-09-20/juniper-ridge-landfill-is-one-step-closer-to-expanding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/environment-an</span><span class="invisible">d-outdoors/2024-09-20/juniper-ridge-landfill-is-one-step-closer-to-expanding</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunlightMediaCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunlightMediaCollective</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JuniperRidgeLandfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuniperRidgeLandfill</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CasellaWasteSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CasellaWasteSystems</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PFASPollution</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontWasteME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontWasteME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Slingshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slingshot</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/MANILA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MANILA</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> — Several senators and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a> blamed the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ReclamationProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReclamationProjects</span></a> in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ManilaBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManilaBay</span></a> for causing the massive <a href="https://noc.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> in the sprawling capital region and nearby provinces, including the Senate compound’s seaside street on Wednesday. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CarinaPH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarinaPH</span></a> </p><p>Senators, green groups blame Manila Bay reclamation for floods<br><a href="https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1965252/senators-green-groups-blame-manila-bay-reclamation-for-floods#ixzz8gxZJdznG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsinfo.inquirer.net/1965252/</span><span class="invisible">senators-green-groups-blame-manila-bay-reclamation-for-floods#ixzz8gxZJdznG</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>GOOD!</p><p>State agency in Maine rejects <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> company’s rezoning application</p><p>February 14, 2024</p><p>BREWER, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> (AP) — A state agency on Wednesday rejected a Canadian mining company’s zoning application for a proposed mine on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PickettMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PickettMountain</span></a> in northern Penobscot County, near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaxterStatePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaxterStatePark</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KatahdinWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KatahdinWoods</span></a> & Waters National Monument.</p><p>"The Maine Land Use Planning [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LUPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LUPC</span></a>] Commission voted 5-2 against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wolfden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wolfden</span></a>'s request to rezone on 374 acres (150 hectares), which would've been the first of several hurdles to building a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MetallicMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetallicMine</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Katahdin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Katahdin</span></a> region.</p><p>"The panel had numerous concerns including the economic feasibility of the proposed mine. The panel also considered the impacts on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TribalLands</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> resources, the outdoors economy and other factors.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenoboscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenoboscotNation</span></a> opposed the project.</p><p>"'This ruling is a great victory for the precious waters and lands of the Katahdin region and the people that rely upon them for sustenance and well-being,' said Penobscot Tribal Chief <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KirkFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KirkFrancis</span></a>.</p><p>"Wolfden withdrew its first application after the commission’s staff pointed to multiple errors and inconsistencies with its proposal. It was resubmitted in January 2023 with a goal of addressing the concerns."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/state-agency-in-maine-rejects-canadian-mining-company-s-rezoning-application/ar-BB1iigrF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/companies/</span><span class="invisible">state-agency-in-maine-rejects-canadian-mining-company-s-rezoning-application/ar-BB1iigrF</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ZincMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZincMining</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>«Pressure is mounting on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> government 2 block proposed merger between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoyalBankOfCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalBankOfCanada</span></a> ( <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBC</span></a> ) & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> bank <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HSBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSBC</span></a>, w/ some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilSociety</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalGroups</span></a> insisting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/merger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merger</span></a> is bad 4 everyone.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopTheRBCTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheRBCTakeover</span></a> Campaign said in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> statement Thur that if the merger is allowed 2 proceed, it will saddle "Canadians w/ higher rates & fewer financial choices, while further concentrating power & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarketDominance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarketDominance</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>'s biggest bank"»</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pressure-building-to-scrap-hsbc-rbc-merger-1.7038043" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/pressure-</span><span class="invisible">building-to-scrap-hsbc-rbc-merger-1.7038043</span></a></p>
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